Jeffrey S. Evans & Assoc., Inc.
Live Auction

March 22, 2024: Americana - Day Three

Fri, Mar 22, 2024 09:00AM EDT
  • Whale Oil/Fluid Lamps
Lot 2010A

ASSORTED BRASS AND GLASS LAMPS, LOT OF FOUR

Estimate: $80 - $120
Sold for
$135.30
Sold Price includes BP

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $10
$200 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$30,000 $2,500
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

ASSORTED BRASS AND GLASS LAMPS, LOT OF FOUR, comprising three colorless glass examples, including a Smocking finger lamp with applied handle, and a diminutive mold-blown globular-form example and a cut-panel peg example; remaining example a brass stand example with elongated font and baluster-form stem with circular foot. Each fitted with a period burner, including a single and a double fluid, and a double whale oil. Second half 19th century. 2 1/2" to 6 1/2" H to top of fonts.

Condition

Good overall condition, expected wear and some minor imperfections, Smocking lamp with a body crack at upper terminal, peg example with roughness to the the lower body edge and probably lacking peg extension. Whale-oil burner lacking one wick tube, remaining burners undamaged and with expected wear.